Interesting Reads for Thursday, 12 January 2017: Planet Sized Spitballs, Self-Driving Cars, Human Population Over Time and More...

The Milky Way's Black Hole is Spitting out Planet Size Spitballs     (Phys Org)

Must see video from the American Museum of Natural History "Human Population Over Time"

The Limited Is Closing All 250 Of Its Stores     (Fortune)

Mall Companies, Including REITs, Falling As Sears Closes More Stores     (Bloomberg) 

Scientists discover an Alzheimer drug which makes teeth grow back      (Telegraph UK)

16 questions about self-driving cars    

(Frank Chen of Andreessen Horowitz)

Jim Chanos Interview: Is a big change underway in Global Capitalism?    (Institute for New Economic Thinking) 

Trulia reports a doubling of homes listed "For Sale" moving to "Pending" and back to "For Sale" again      (Bloomberg)  

Could Vancouver, B.C., be looking at a drop of -50% to -80% in peak home prices?

(Howe Street) 

Infographic on Currency and the Fall of the Roman Empire     (Visual Capitalist)

The Presidency as Ad Agency: Donald Trump urges Americans to buy from L. L. Bean 
(Huffington Post)